Thinking I might be able to approximate the colors more closely if I used our old Pantone Color Formula Guide rather than the eyedropper I tried that holding the swatches up next to the bike, but then I realized that I couldn't approximate the colors very well at all, as the Pantone colors were flat while those of the bike were vibrant and metallic.
Our director won't spring for any special metallic ink that would raise the printing cost, but I'm figuring I can get some kind of passable metallic effect with normal CMYK if I get an appropriately mixed-up texture somehow. Any suggestions?
Also, the back cover was done in Illustrator, the front cover in InDesign, and the Illustrator brown comes in different from the InDesign one. Both the brown square on the back cover and the big rectangle on the front cover are allegedly 45C/55M/74Y/28K, but they print out different as well as looking different on the screen. Is this usual, or did I do something wrong? I have the provided Illustrator file, maybe I'll redo the back cover in InDesign alone.
Thanks,
Roy
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